In 2010 I was loaned (like a footballer) to the EA Bright light studio to be the real-time VFX artist on Spare Parts. 

I used their custom particle and effects editor to supply all the visual effects throughout the game. 

A non-complete list of the effects I created include;

explosions, sparkles, lightning, force-field glows, rain, fire, poisonous gas, waterfalls, god rays, light beams, dust clouds, lazers, crumbling rock etc. etc.

You can see some of these in motion in the following video

Some static screenshots showcasing some of the real-time effects.